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206 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6LL

67867FullApproved

Approved on 23 February 2022

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use to 8-bedroom HMO (Sui Generis) and formation of front and rear lightwells

Received
2 December 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
4
Ward
Bury East - Moorside
Agent
Whaleback Planning & Design
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Jan
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 206 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6LL. Bury has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Bury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Bury East - Moorside. We hold 937 applications in total for the BL9 postcode area.

89% of full applications at Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BL9 6LL
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2021
Consultation expiry
11 January 2022
Consultation end
11 January 2022
Neighbour consultation start
14 February 2022
Neighbour consultation end
11 January 2022
Last date for comments
27 January 2022
Target decision date
27 January 2022
Committee meeting
22 February 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Whaleback Planning & Design
Agent address
The Old Bank, 257 New Church Road, Hove, BN3 4EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10447322
Documents
15
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Bury borough HMO
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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